"tolter" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tolters [present, singular, third-person], toltering [participle, present], toltered [participle, past], toltered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Doublet of totter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*tolteren}} Middle English *tolteren, {{inh|en|ang|tealtrian|t=to totter, vacillate}} Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*taltrōną}} Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, {{m|gem-pro|*taltōną|t=to sway, dangle, hesitate}} *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-}} Proto-Indo-European *del-, {{m|ine-pro|*dul-|t=to shake, hesitate}} *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), {{doublet|en|totter}} Doublet of totter Head templates: {{en-verb}} tolter (third-person singular simple present tolters, present participle toltering, simple past and past participle toltered)
  1. (UK, dialect) To flounder about. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tolter-en-verb-Pir-xqzJ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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